¹⁹ When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”^(A) shouldn’t a people consult their God?^[a] Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?^(B)

⁷ When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.^(A)